Masa Israel Journey Blog

Masa Israel programs in Israel usually culminate with goodbye parties, reflective sessions and a strong feeling of pride for one’s experience. One Masa Israel program, however, has decided to make one last impression on Israel before they finish their program. Hakfar Hayarok is home to the Because We Care program. Participants in the program volunteer in the kfar teaching English enrichment courses, tutoring students in English and working on the farm. Above that, they have created projects and programs for the students including movie nights, a rugby team, hip hop dancing, trivia nights and scavenger hunts.

As they began to think about where their paths were leading to, program director Lori Schaefer Bacher came to them in a meeting and said, “What about a summer camp?” They began discussing the details of running a summer camp, and the more they talked, the more they realized that they had...